When comparing IFTTT vs Fantastical, the Slant community recommends IFTTT for most people. In the question“What are the most useful Android phone apps?”IFTTT is ranked 16th while Fantastical is ranked 25th.

Pros

Pro

Free

Pro

Extremely simple

While this app can complete complex tasks, it is very easy to use.

Pro

Supports multiple calendar platforms

If you're locked into using an Exchange account, Google Calendar won't work without 3rd party syncing options. Fantastical works flawlessly with Exchange and with Google Accounts so you can have both. It also supports iCloud, Office365, Yahoo, and Facebook calendars.

Pro

Fantastical can comprehend natural language

You can copy and paste a line from a meeting note and Fantastical can copy down and present the relevant information

Pro

Beautiful and highly polished design

Cons

Con

Recipes aren't guaranteed to work

Sometimes recipes don't work as expected, or fail to launch completely.

Con

Limits only one action per trigger

Instead of allowing users to have a large amount of actions launch based off of one trigger, the limit is only 1:1.

Con

Expensive for a single utility app

Fantastical on OS X costs $49.99 and an additional $4.99 if you want to use it on iOS.